GRiZ

“Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self.”

“When I was a kid, I was a really bad collaborator. I was pretty introverted.”

“There are always safe spaces. You can be a beacon for other people who are struggling. It's hard to put your heart out there and put it in other peoples' hands. But the receiving end is gentle.”

“My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now.”

“There was so much pressure to fit in, I tried to force myself to be like everyone else. The last thing any teen wants is to be 'uncool.'”

“I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself.”

“My vision is a blend of the old school and the new school, but with zero rules.”

“I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into.”

“I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool.”

“My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking.”

“There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film.”

“I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound.”

“I love what I do, and I do it 24/7, and it hurts my relationships very often, but it's worth it.”

“I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot.”

“Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way.”

“My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there.”

“There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast.”

“I also think something that makes the whole live performance fun for me is that I love my music.”

“I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy.”

“If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference.”